See delete in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for delete meaning in English (21.3kB)
{
"antonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "insert"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "maintain"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "expletive deleted"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "speedy delete"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "deletar",
"3": "delete",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: deletar, delete",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: deletar, delete"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂leyH-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "dēlētus"
},
"expansion": "Latin dēlētus",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dēlēre",
"3": "",
"4": "destroy, blot out, efface"
},
"expansion": "dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dēlēvī"
},
"expansion": "dēlēvī",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dēlinere",
"3": "",
"4": "to daub, erase by smudging"
},
"expansion": "dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dē-",
"3": "",
"4": "from, away"
},
"expansion": "dē- (“from, away”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "linere",
"3": "",
"4": "to smear, wipe"
},
"expansion": "linere (“to smear, wipe”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē- (“from, away”) + linere (“to smear, wipe”). Original sense first appears c. 1495. Computing sense, including the noun form, first appears c. 1977 in Software: Practice & Experience.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "deletes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "deleting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "deleted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "deleted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "delete (third-person singular simple present deletes, present participle deleting, simple past and past participle deleted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"de‧lete"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"possibly"
],
"word": "deleterious"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "deletion"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "deleter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "delible"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "self-delete"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "diminish"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "insert"
},
{
"word": "maintain"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 3 29 31 18 5 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device."
],
"id": "en-delete-en-verb-1DtmXRnH",
"links": [
[
"remove",
"remove"
],
[
"erase",
"erase"
],
[
"written",
"written"
],
[
"printed",
"printed"
],
[
"material",
"material"
],
[
"data",
"data"
],
[
"computer",
"computer"
],
[
"device",
"device"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "erase"
},
{
"word": "clear"
},
{
"word": "strike"
},
{
"word": "terminate"
},
{
"word": "remove"
},
{
"word": "delete"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "skrap"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "wis"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "uitwis"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥaḏafa",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "حَذَفَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "masaḥ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "مسح"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šaṭab",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "شطب"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥaḏaf",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "حذف"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "yuyıw",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "юйыу"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "premahvam",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "премахвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iztrivam",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "изтривам"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "esborrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "刪除"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shānchú",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "删除"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "vymazat"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "smazat"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "verwijderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "forpreni"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "forstreki"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "eksigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "forigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "poistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "supprimer"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "borrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "sacar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "suprimir"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣ašla",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "წაშლა"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "amošla",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ამოშლა"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "streichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "löschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diagráfo",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "διαγράφω"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katargó",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "καταργώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "töröl"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "menghapus"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "scrios"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "cancellare"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "eliminare"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"alt": "けす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kesu",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "消す"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"alt": "さくじょする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sakujo-suru",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "削除する"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "lup",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "លុប"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sakjehada",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "삭제하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "dēleō"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ērādō"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ablēgō"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kaḷayuka",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "കളയുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nīkkañceyyuka",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "നീക്കംചെയ്യുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "illātākkuka",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ഇല്ലാതാക്കുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "māykkuka",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "മായ്ക്കുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "whakakore"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "whakakorekore"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "whākorekore"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "muku"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "حذفیدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "usuwać"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "apagar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "excluir"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "deletar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "eliminar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "șterge"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udaljátʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "удаля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udalítʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "удали́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "nāśayati",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "नाशयति"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "sguab às"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "brisati"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "izbrisati"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obrisati"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "scanciḍḍari"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "livari"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "borrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ta bort"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "burahin"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lóp",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ลบ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "silmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vydalyty",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "видалити"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vydaljaty",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "видаляти"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "xóa"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "gạch"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "gạt bỏ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "dileu"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "esteren"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Video games",
"orig": "en:Video games",
"parents": [
"Games",
"Mass media",
"Software",
"Recreation",
"Culture",
"Media",
"Computing",
"Human activity",
"Society",
"Communication",
"Technology",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2020 November 20, “Enhance Arena positioning”, in Blizzard Forums (US)",
"text": "Also I got deleted by a rogue and druid who were both invisible and just popped up and cleaned me.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To defeat or dominate."
],
"id": "en-delete-en-verb-tQWtG0kj",
"links": [
[
"online",
"online"
],
[
"gaming",
"gaming#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate."
],
"tags": [
"Internet",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"games",
"gaming"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2008, Ted Bell, Assassin",
"text": "\"Go find this guy, Alex,\" Conch had said. \"And delete him.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Tim Corkery, Funny to Horror: Short Stories",
"text": "\"[…]The less we discover about him, the more we are convinced he needs to be deleted...\"\n[…]\n\"Yes. In other words I kill a terrorist, right?\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Shane Kuhn, The Intern's Handbook, page 220",
"text": "I'm a forty-something psychopath who thinks he has the right to delete anyone he sees fit.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Bill Dixon, Dragonfire: A New World of Poems and Stories",
"text": "She either felt pity for him and put him out of pain, a ridiculous, untrue solution for pity and sorrow are delusions, or she was part of his triangle had to delete him before he spoke again, he had to be silenced.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To kill or murder."
],
"id": "en-delete-en-verb-Q8uJMLVi",
"links": [
[
"kill",
"kill"
],
[
"murder",
"murder"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, slang) To kill or murder."
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈliːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/diˈliːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/dəˈliːt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-delete.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/En-us-delete.ogg/En-us-delete.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/En-us-delete.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "erase"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "clear"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "strike"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "terminate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "remove"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "redact"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "rub out"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "strike out"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "obliterate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "cancel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "cross out"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "score"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "scrub"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "scrap"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "scratch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "expunge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "eliminate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "blue-pencil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "exclude"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "squelch"
}
],
"word": "delete"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂leyH-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "dēlētus"
},
"expansion": "Latin dēlētus",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dēlēre",
"3": "",
"4": "destroy, blot out, efface"
},
"expansion": "dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dēlēvī"
},
"expansion": "dēlēvī",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dēlinere",
"3": "",
"4": "to daub, erase by smudging"
},
"expansion": "dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dē-",
"3": "",
"4": "from, away"
},
"expansion": "dē- (“from, away”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "linere",
"3": "",
"4": "to smear, wipe"
},
"expansion": "linere (“to smear, wipe”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē- (“from, away”) + linere (“to smear, wipe”). Original sense first appears c. 1495. Computing sense, including the noun form, first appears c. 1977 in Software: Practice & Experience.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "deletes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "delete (plural deletes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"de‧lete"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Computing",
"orig": "en:Computing",
"parents": [
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "13 3 29 31 18 5 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2003, Jeffrey P. McManus, Jackie Goldstein, Kevin T. Price, Database Access with Visual Basic .NET, page 30",
"text": "Cascading updates and cascading deletes are useful features of the SQL Server database engine.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A deletion."
],
"id": "en-delete-en-noun-iPB1nQLv",
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"deletion",
"deletion"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing) A deletion."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1977 October 29, Billboard, volume 89, number 43, page 57",
"text": "One CRIA official pegs the total record sales of deletes and imports as high as 30 percent for 1976",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1984 December 1, Billboard, volume 96, number 48, page 68",
"text": "The industry also continues to discuss how the new GATT will serve to prevent a flood of deletes into the market",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1985 February 9, Billboard, volume 97, number 6, page 38",
"text": "Brian Robertson, president of the Canadian Recording Industry Assn. (CRIA), says the flood of deletes could be more harmful than the last wave […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A remainder of a music or video release."
],
"id": "en-delete-en-noun--yruYVNa",
"links": [
[
"remainder",
"remainder#English:_commerce"
]
],
"qualifier": "recorded entertainment industry",
"raw_glosses": [
"(recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release."
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Delete"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 3 29 31 18 5 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative letter-case form of Delete"
],
"id": "en-delete-en-noun--5WVlSwv",
"links": [
[
"Delete",
"Delete#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Delete"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Computing",
"orig": "en:Computing",
"parents": [
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "11 2 19 39 24 4 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 2 21 37 22 4 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 3 29 31 18 5 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 6 20 32 22 6 2",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Buttons",
"orig": "en:Buttons",
"parents": [
"Mechanisms",
"Machines",
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The delete character (U+007F or %7F)."
],
"id": "en-delete-en-noun-lHOoTMiX",
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"delete character",
"delete character"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing) The delete character (U+007F or %7F)."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈliːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/diˈliːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/dəˈliːt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-delete.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/En-us-delete.ogg/En-us-delete.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/En-us-delete.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "delete"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "insert"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "maintain"
}
],
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English ergative verbs",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Latin",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂leyH-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/iːt",
"Rhymes:English/iːt/2 syllables",
"en:Buttons"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "expletive deleted"
},
{
"word": "speedy delete"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "deletar",
"3": "delete",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: deletar, delete",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: deletar, delete"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂leyH-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "dēlētus"
},
"expansion": "Latin dēlētus",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dēlēre",
"3": "",
"4": "destroy, blot out, efface"
},
"expansion": "dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dēlēvī"
},
"expansion": "dēlēvī",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dēlinere",
"3": "",
"4": "to daub, erase by smudging"
},
"expansion": "dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dē-",
"3": "",
"4": "from, away"
},
"expansion": "dē- (“from, away”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "linere",
"3": "",
"4": "to smear, wipe"
},
"expansion": "linere (“to smear, wipe”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē- (“from, away”) + linere (“to smear, wipe”). Original sense first appears c. 1495. Computing sense, including the noun form, first appears c. 1977 in Software: Practice & Experience.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "deletes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "deleting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "deleted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "deleted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "delete (third-person singular simple present deletes, present participle deleting, simple past and past participle deleted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"de‧lete"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"possibly"
],
"word": "deleterious"
},
{
"word": "deletion"
},
{
"word": "deleter"
},
{
"word": "delible"
},
{
"word": "self-delete"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "diminish"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "insert"
},
{
"word": "maintain"
}
],
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device."
],
"links": [
[
"remove",
"remove"
],
[
"erase",
"erase"
],
[
"written",
"written"
],
[
"printed",
"printed"
],
[
"material",
"material"
],
[
"data",
"data"
],
[
"computer",
"computer"
],
[
"device",
"device"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "erase"
},
{
"word": "clear"
},
{
"word": "strike"
},
{
"word": "terminate"
},
{
"word": "remove"
},
{
"word": "delete"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Video games"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2020 November 20, “Enhance Arena positioning”, in Blizzard Forums (US)",
"text": "Also I got deleted by a rogue and druid who were both invisible and just popped up and cleaned me.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To defeat or dominate."
],
"links": [
[
"online",
"online"
],
[
"gaming",
"gaming#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(online gaming, slang) To defeat or dominate."
],
"tags": [
"Internet",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"games",
"gaming"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2008, Ted Bell, Assassin",
"text": "\"Go find this guy, Alex,\" Conch had said. \"And delete him.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Tim Corkery, Funny to Horror: Short Stories",
"text": "\"[…]The less we discover about him, the more we are convinced he needs to be deleted...\"\n[…]\n\"Yes. In other words I kill a terrorist, right?\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Shane Kuhn, The Intern's Handbook, page 220",
"text": "I'm a forty-something psychopath who thinks he has the right to delete anyone he sees fit.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Bill Dixon, Dragonfire: A New World of Poems and Stories",
"text": "She either felt pity for him and put him out of pain, a ridiculous, untrue solution for pity and sorrow are delusions, or she was part of his triangle had to delete him before he spoke again, he had to be silenced.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To kill or murder."
],
"links": [
[
"kill",
"kill"
],
[
"murder",
"murder"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, slang) To kill or murder."
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈliːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/diˈliːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/dəˈliːt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-delete.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/En-us-delete.ogg/En-us-delete.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/En-us-delete.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "erase"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "clear"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "strike"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "terminate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "remove"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "redact"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "rub out"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "strike out"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "obliterate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "cancel"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "cross out"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "score"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "scrub"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "scrap"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "scratch"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "expunge"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "eliminate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "blue-pencil"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "exclude"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:delete",
"word": "squelch"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "skrap"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "wis"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "uitwis"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥaḏafa",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "حَذَفَ"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "masaḥ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "مسح"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šaṭab",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "شطب"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥaḏaf",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "حذف"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "yuyıw",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "юйыу"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "premahvam",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "премахвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iztrivam",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "изтривам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "esborrar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "刪除"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shānchú",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "删除"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "vymazat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "smazat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "verwijderen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "forpreni"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "forstreki"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "eksigi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "forigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "poistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "supprimer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "borrar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "sacar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "suprimir"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣ašla",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "წაშლა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "amošla",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ამოშლა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "streichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "löschen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diagráfo",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "διαγράφω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katargó",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "καταργώ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "töröl"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "menghapus"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "scrios"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "cancellare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "eliminare"
},
{
"alt": "けす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kesu",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "消す"
},
{
"alt": "さくじょする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sakujo-suru",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "削除する"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "lup",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "លុប"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sakjehada",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "삭제하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "dēleō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ērādō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ablēgō"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kaḷayuka",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "കളയുക"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nīkkañceyyuka",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "നീക്കംചെയ്യുക"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "illātākkuka",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ഇല്ലാതാക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "māykkuka",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "മായ്ക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "whakakore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "whakakorekore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "whākorekore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "muku"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "حذفیدن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "usuwać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "apagar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "excluir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "deletar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "eliminar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "șterge"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udaljátʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "удаля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "udalítʹ",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "удали́ть"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "nāśayati",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "नाशयति"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "sguab às"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "brisati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "izbrisati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obrisati"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "scanciḍḍari"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "livari"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "borrar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ta bort"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "burahin"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lóp",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "ลบ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "silmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vydalyty",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "видалити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vydaljaty",
"sense": "to remove",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "видаляти"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "xóa"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "gạch"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "gạt bỏ"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "dileu"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to remove",
"word": "esteren"
}
],
"word": "delete"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English ergative verbs",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Latin",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂leyH-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/iːt",
"Rhymes:English/iːt/2 syllables",
"en:Buttons"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂leyH-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "dēlētus"
},
"expansion": "Latin dēlētus",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dēlēre",
"3": "",
"4": "destroy, blot out, efface"
},
"expansion": "dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dēlēvī"
},
"expansion": "dēlēvī",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dēlinere",
"3": "",
"4": "to daub, erase by smudging"
},
"expansion": "dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "dē-",
"3": "",
"4": "from, away"
},
"expansion": "dē- (“from, away”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "linere",
"3": "",
"4": "to smear, wipe"
},
"expansion": "linere (“to smear, wipe”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē- (“from, away”) + linere (“to smear, wipe”). Original sense first appears c. 1495. Computing sense, including the noun form, first appears c. 1977 in Software: Practice & Experience.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "deletes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "delete (plural deletes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"de‧lete"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Computing"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2003, Jeffrey P. McManus, Jackie Goldstein, Kevin T. Price, Database Access with Visual Basic .NET, page 30",
"text": "Cascading updates and cascading deletes are useful features of the SQL Server database engine.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A deletion."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"deletion",
"deletion"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing) A deletion."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1977 October 29, Billboard, volume 89, number 43, page 57",
"text": "One CRIA official pegs the total record sales of deletes and imports as high as 30 percent for 1976",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1984 December 1, Billboard, volume 96, number 48, page 68",
"text": "The industry also continues to discuss how the new GATT will serve to prevent a flood of deletes into the market",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1985 February 9, Billboard, volume 97, number 6, page 38",
"text": "Brian Robertson, president of the Canadian Recording Industry Assn. (CRIA), says the flood of deletes could be more harmful than the last wave […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A remainder of a music or video release."
],
"links": [
[
"remainder",
"remainder#English:_commerce"
]
],
"qualifier": "recorded entertainment industry",
"raw_glosses": [
"(recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release."
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Delete"
}
],
"categories": [
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative letter-case form of Delete"
],
"links": [
[
"Delete",
"Delete#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Delete"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Computing"
],
"glosses": [
"The delete character (U+007F or %7F)."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"delete character",
"delete character"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing) The delete character (U+007F or %7F)."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈliːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/diˈliːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/dəˈliːt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːt"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-delete.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4c/En-us-delete.ogg/En-us-delete.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/En-us-delete.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "delete"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.